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Quality of life of prosthetic and orthotic users in South India: a cross-sectional study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-019-1116-y

Published Online: 2019-03-20

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Magnusson, Lina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-6255
Ghosh, Ritu

Jensen, Katrine Randbøll

Göbel, Katharina

Wågberg, Jenny

Wallén, Sofia

Svensson, Alma

Stavenheim, Rebecka

Ahlström, Gerd
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare

The The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Minor Field Study programme

Medicinska Fakulteten, Lunds Universitet
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Article History

Received: 23 February 2018

Accepted: 4 March 2019

First Online: 20 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The state of Karnataka in India had no ethics committee at the time of data collection. Ethical approval was therefore granted by the management of Mobility India, a non-governmental organization providing prosthetics and orthotics. Participants were also informed that they could withdraw from the study at any time during the interview and choose not to answer specific questions. Participants were also informed that the data would be handled confidentially<b>.</b> Information about the study was given to all participants and participation was based on written and oral informed consent.

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